Ravi in Dubai – Finding Cheap Eats in Dubai

By Alison J. Stein, About.com Guide

Although there are plenty less challenging dishes on the menu, Ravi is a good place to bheja fry, or brain masala.

The dish is made with lamb’s brain most typically, although sometime it’s made with cow or goat brain. I’m actually not quite sure which creature’s grey matter I tucked into at Ravi, but the texture is something like scrambled eggs, and the flavor seems to mostly come from what the brain is cooked with – chilies, ginger, and onion. I’m told that it’s a very popular dish during the holiday Eid. Of course, the practice of eating brain is not confined to Southeast Asian menus – there’s the French tete de veau, for instance, which I’d bet makes an appearance on swankier Dubai menus than the one that Ravi offers.

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